Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19.
| Duration of viral sheddinga |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 147) | >17 days (n = 65) | ≤17 days (n = 82) | p value |
| Age, years | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 42.0 (35.0−54.0) | 45.0 (37.5−59.5) | 41.0 (32.5−50.0) | 0.093 |
| Range | 19.0−81.0 | 19.0−78.0 | 21.0−81.0 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 80 (54%) | 40 (62%) | 40 (49%) | 0.123 |
| Male | 67 (46%) | 25 (39%) | 42 (51%) | |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Hypertension | 18 (12%) | 9 (14%) | 9 (11%) | 0.573 |
| Diabetes | 6 (4%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (4%) | 1.000 |
| Signs and symptoms | ||||
| Fever | 115 (78%) | 55 (85%) | 60 (73%) | 0.095 |
| Cough | 122 (83%) | 58 (89%) | 64 (78%) | 0.073 |
| Expectoration | 63 (43%) | 34 (52%) | 29 (35%) | 0.039 |
| Hemoptysis | 5 (3%) | 5 (8%) | 0 | 0.015 |
| Highest temperature (℃)b | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 38.3 (37.9−38.5) | 38.3 (38.0−38.8) | 38.0 (37.8−38.5) | 0.049 |
| Range | 37.0−39.7 | 37.4−39.7 | 37.0−39.3 | |
| Finger oxygen saturation≤93% | 3 (2%) | 2 (3%) | 1 (1%) | 0.582 |
| Time from symptom | ||||
| onset to admission, days | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 6.0 (3.0−10.0) | 8.0 (5.0−13.0) | 5.0 (3.0−7.3) | <0.001 |
| Range | 1.0−41.0 | 1.0−30.0 | 1.0−41.0 | |
| Clinical classification | ||||
| Moderate | 127 (86%) | 54 (83%) | 73 (89%) | 0.296 |
| Severe | 20 (14%) | 11 (17%) | 9 (11%) | |
Abbreviation: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQR, interquartile range.
a
The number of days from the symptoms onset till the successive negative detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
b
Data regarding highest temperature at admission were missing for 10 patients (7%).